| New
Management Structure Focuses on Next Level Services |
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Regular readers of Changing
Lives are accustomed to learning about changes at LSS. Like other
organizations, LSS is in a continuous state of change, reflecting what is
happening in the economic, social and governmental environments...
This summer, we have made some significant changes to our executive
management structure, which are intended to help us reach the "next level..."
Click here to
read more!
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Person-Centered Support …A Journey
toward Belonging |
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A year ago
in this publication, we introduced a then-new partnership between LSS and
the Council on Quality & Leadership. Simply referred to as "The Council,"
this agency has provided us with many valuable resources in our endeavor
to become more person-centered. Click
here to learn more!
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| 30
years of
change: The
lives of
people with
disabilities continue
to improve |
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care for people with developmental disabilities has changed
considerably in this country in the last 30 years. Before the 1970s,
many who had developmental disabilities were living in large
institutions, with very little contact with the outside world. Today,
people with developmental disabilities are ideally making their own
decisions about where they live, work and play. Click
here to find out more! |
| Called to be
involved in the
political process |
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"People of faith must step boldly into the
public square and exert their individual and collective political power
for the sake of the common good. This is not a choice, but a moral
imperative based on Scripture, faith traditions and God's call to lived
out faith in the public world….." Click here
to read more!
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Soar with the Eagles |
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Lee Olson,
age 24, just finished painting and glazing two bald eagle figurines for
his new apartment. It's symbolic. Lee is about to take flight.
Click
here to learn more!
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| Lutheran
Night at the Twins yields big
score for homeless
youth |
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Though the
Minnesota Twins beat the Anaheim Angels 6 to 3 in an entertaining
professional baseball game at the Metrodome on Wed., Aug., 4, the real
winners weren't on the field, in the dugouts or even in the stands.
Click
here to read more!
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| Putting
power in
their hands: Program
gives those with
disabilities choices |
In 1981, the Federal Government's Mental Retardation and Related
Conditions (MR/RC) waiver was signed into law by President Reagan.
This law, part of the Social Security Act, created the Medicaid Home
and Community-Based Services Waiver program, which provides funding to
people with developmental disabilities. People who are served by LSS
and other agencies use this money to pay for services. Click
here to find out more!
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| Safe Homes,
Hopeful Futures: Duluth
campaign tops target |
Raising a
total of $149,300 in the last eight months, the campaign exceeded the
$100,000 goal by almost $50,000. Click
here to learn more!
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| Thrivent
Financial Matches Member Gifts to Make Your Gifts Go Further |
If you
own a Thrivent Financial product, you can have your gift to LSS go
further as Thrivent Financial will match 50 cents for every dollar
that you donate to LSS.
Click here to read more!
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| Thanks, Ted
Contag! |
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Ted Contag,
Senior Financial Planner at the Hopkins office of Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans, enthuses when he explains how he has helped people have more
money - and, at the same time, give away more money -- than they ever
thought possible.
Click here to find out more!
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| "Just Believe
in Me" |
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When Carlos Silva, age 17,
traveled alone from his home in Portugal to attend Camp Knutson's program
for children with severe skin disease, he was fulfilling a dream.
Click
here to learn more!
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